Peter mack wood



N0. 608,742. Patented Aug. 9, I898.

P. M. WOOD. SAFETY. ATTACHMENT FOR GUN LOCKS.

(Application filed. Apr. 16, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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PETER MACK woon, or IVY LEA, CANADA.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR GUN-=LOCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent N 0. 608,742, dated August9, 1898.

Application filed April 15, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER MACK \VOOD, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Ivy Lea, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion ofCanada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SafetyAttachments for Gun-Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to safety attachments for gun-locks; and itconsists, essentially,of an arm attached to the hammer of a gun ineither right or left position.

The object of the invention is to insure safety in the transportation offowling or other firearms and to provide a hammerlock that will preventthe accidental movement of the hammer, but which can be readily releasedto permit the hammer to perform its function when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a gunstock, barrel, and hammer and other relative appurtenances, showing theimproved device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view ofa hammer, showing the safety attachment thereon and in open position.Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the portions of the safety attachmentand hammer disconnected.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference areemployed to designate corresponding parts in the several views, thenumeral 1 represents the hammer of a gun, which may be of any preferredform of con-. struction and either right or left. On the side of saidhammer is secured a hinge-plate 2, having a concaved bend 3 at one endthereof, located over a depression 4 in the hammer, and within the saiddepression and concaved bend is mounted the axle or turn-pin 5 of asafety-arm 6. On the opposite end of the axle or turn-rod of thesafety-arm 6 is secured another arm 7, which adapts the device to beused with either a right or left hand hammer, as will be readilyunderstood. When the safety-arm 6 is in position to prevent the hammerfrom accidentally striking a firing- Serial No. 632,314. (No model.)

pin or a nipple, it is pressed inwardly in front of the hammer, andmovement of the latter is thereby prevented; but when it is desired topermit the hammer to perform its proper function the said safety-arm 6is thrown outwardly by means of the arm 7 being engaged by the thumb ofthe hand used in operating the trigger, which operation can be quicklyperformed Without delay in firing the gun. The hinge-plate has oneflattened inner surface engaging the pin 5, which keeps the safetyattachment from having unnece sary movement or producing a rattlingsound. It will be readily understood that the device can be readilydetached in the case of a single-barrel gun and changed from a righthand to a left hand barrel without in the least changing theconstruction and arrangement of the several parts or departing from thenature or spirit of the invention, and also in a reverse application ofthe attachment the arm 7 takes the place of arm 6.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. Asafetyattachment for guns, consisting of an arm movably attached to the sideof a hammer, and adapted to be turned inwardly in front of the latter,to limit its movement, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

2. The combination with the hammer of a gun, of a safety attachmentconsisting of a hinge-plate with a loop at one end thereof, an axle orturn-rod having arms on opposite ends thereof, adapted to be reversedand to be turned in front of the said hammer, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

3. The combination with a gun-hammer, of an aXle removably attachedthereto and having arms on opposite sides thereof whereby said arms maybe reversed and used in either a right or left position to intercept thefall of the hammer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

PETER MACK WOOD. Witnesses:

WALLACE HEAsLIP, B. O. BRITTON.

